Who Knows One / Echad Mi Yodea:
Bukharian / Judeo-Tajik
Text courtesy of Robert Nudel Iskhakov and Ruben Shimonov
Sezdahum (senzdahum in colloquial) kī medonad? [Who knows the thirteenth?]
Sezdahum man medonam! [I know the thirteenth.]
Sezdahum sezdah xislat’ho. [Thirteenth are the 13 Attributes (of God).]
Duvozdahum duvozdah shivtaho. [Twelfth are the 12 Tribes.]
Yozdahum yozdah sitoraho. [Eleventh are the 11 Stars (in Joseph's dream).]
Dahumin dah suxanon. [Tenth are the 10 Utterances (Commandments).]
Nūhumin nūh mohi zanon. [Ninth are the nine months of pregnancy.]
Hashtumin hasht rūzi miloh. [Eighth are the eight days of circumcision.]
Haftumin haft rūzi hafta. [Seventh are the seven days of the week.]
Shashumin shash (shishtumin-shish in colloquial) Sidrei Mishnoh. [Sixth are the six Orders of the Mishnah.]
Panjumin panj Sifrei Tūroh. [Fifth are the five books of Torah.]
Chorumin chor modaron. [Fourth are the four Matriarchs.]
Seyumin seh padaron. [Third are the three Patriarchs.]
Duyumin du Lavhi Gavhar. [Second are the two Tablets of the Covenant.]
Yakumin Xudoi rab-ul 'olamin (rabun ‘olamin). [First is God, Lord of Heaven and Earth.]
Last verse of Who Knows One, from Ḥukat haPesaḥ by Shimshon bar Pesach m'Osteropoli, Shimon Ben Eliyahu Hakham, 1904, Jerusalem.
Who Knows One
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